Passing Penalties

2018

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Only passing plays are used.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (249), Defensive Holding (247), Roughing the Passer (118), and Illegal Contact (44)

Scroll left and right for additional columns.

Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Philadelphia	18	1.667	0.444	0.556	0.111	0.556	19.611
Baltimore	17	1.000	0.118	0.706	0.059	0.118	14.941
Buffalo	16	1.000	0.125	0.500	0.125	0.250	15.500
Cleveland	16	1.500	0.875	0.438	0.000	0.188	16.125
Cincinnati	16	1.250	0.563	0.563	0.000	0.125	13.000
San Francisco	16	2.125	0.875	0.563	0.188	0.500	18.125
New England	19	1.211	0.474	0.474	0.053	0.211	14.000
Tampa Bay	16	1.875	0.750	0.500	0.063	0.563	21.375
New Orleans	18	1.222	0.278	0.778	0.111	0.056	14.389
N.Y. Giants	16	0.875	0.188	0.625	0.000	0.063	11.563
Dallas	18	1.333	0.667	0.389	0.111	0.167	10.556
Detroit	16	1.313	0.125	0.625	0.313	0.250	19.188
N.Y. Jets	16	0.625	0.375	0.063	0.000	0.188	4.813
LA Rams	19	1.158	0.526	0.368	0.158	0.105	11.737
Atlanta	16	1.125	0.188	0.563	0.063	0.313	18.625
Carolina	16	1.063	0.375	0.500	0.000	0.188	13.188
Pittsburgh	16	1.813	0.938	0.563	0.063	0.250	16.375
Houston	17	1.529	0.941	0.353	0.118	0.118	15.529
Indianapolis	18	1.611	0.556	0.667	0.222	0.167	17.833
Denver	16	1.188	0.563	0.438	0.000	0.188	10.500
Tennessee	16	0.875	0.438	0.438	0.000	0.000	9.250
Oakland	16	0.688	0.250	0.313	0.000	0.125	6.813
Kansas City	18	1.222	0.556	0.500	0.000	0.167	13.000
Washington	16	1.063	0.500	0.313	0.063	0.188	11.125
Green Bay	16	1.188	0.438	0.563	0.125	0.063	12.938
Chicago	17	1.706	0.471	0.706	0.059	0.471	20.529
Miami	16	1.000	0.500	0.250	0.125	0.125	7.938
Arizona	16	0.938	0.188	0.313	0.063	0.375	10.125
Seattle	17	1.412	0.353	0.588	0.176	0.294	18.412
Minnesota	16	1.063	0.188	0.438	0.125	0.313	8.813
Jacksonville	16	0.688	0.313	0.063	0.125	0.188	5.563
LA Chargers	18	1.000	0.611	0.167	0.000	0.222	7.833